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Sunday, March 19, 2006

No, honey, but smile anyway

Yesterday Greg and I took his two-year-old niece, Ava, to the amusement park at Mall of America. At 36 and a half inches tall, she was barely able to pass for four of the rides. As she was strapped into the back of an airplane that rotated around an axis like the earth moves around the sun, she looked bored. Some kids screamed and rocked the planes back and forth. Ava put her pink sunglasses on — upside down to make a fashion statement — and peered at the nearby adults with an expression that said, “Am I supposed to enjoy this silly thing?”

Posted by Aaron on March 19, 2006 5:38 PM